# Stupid liberal idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086 "2011-04-20T15:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 360
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7181 "2018-10-04T02:09:57Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Dear Lord you’re an ass. Or are you just an imbecile? Hmmm… Why can’t it be both? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7182 "2018-10-04T02:51:03Z")
I read a handful of the cited tweets. A few things stood out to me: 1) there was nothing in the tweets to identify the people as liberals; 2) some of the tweets were obviously using hyperbole in an attempt at humor; and 3) all of the tweeters were random schmoes, not anyone with the slightest influence or power. Other than that, though, stellar contribution to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7183 "2018-10-04T03:21:36Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Idiots are claiming that they are suffering symptoms of PTSD over the emergency alert this afternoon. > > GROW UP! > > [Daily LOL: The "Presidential Alert" Set Off Some of the Left's Trump Derangement PTSD – RedState](https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/10/03/daily-lol-presidential-alert-set-off-lefts-trump-derangement-ptsd/) Getting outraged about things that you have no control over, and have nothing to do with you? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7184 "2018-10-04T03:45:30Z")
I can’t see how anyone could seriously consider this PTSD\> It just doesn’t meet tsome of he basic definitions. PTSD symptoms begin within 3 months of the traumatic incident, but sometimes they begin years afterward. But not within a few hours of the event. Symptoms must last more than a month. But it’s only been a few hours since the event happened. > [@National Institute of Mental Health](#): > > To be diagnosed with PTSD, an adult must have all of the following for at least 1 month: > > At least one re-experiencing symptom > At least one avoidance symptom > At least two arousal and reactivity symptoms > At least two cognition and mood symptoms ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7185 "2018-10-04T04:06:54Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > I can’t see how anyone could seriously consider this PTSD\> It just doesn’t meet tsome of he basic definitions. > > PTSD symptoms begin within 3 months of the traumatic incident, but sometimes they begin years afterward. But not within a few hours of the event. > > Symptoms must last more than a month. But it’s only been a few hours since the event happened. I believe people with PTSD are saying the jarring and unexpected alarm caused them stress (or worse), not that this was the cause of them developing PTSD. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7186 "2018-10-04T09:51:24Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Dear Lord you’re an ass. Or are you just an imbecile? Hmmm… > [@running\_coach](#): > > Why can’t it be both? assbecile ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7187 "2018-10-04T10:09:45Z")
Ooh, flurry of activity yesterday in the SLIOTD thread! Let me zip through it and get caught up. … Oh, D’Anconia. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7188 "2018-10-04T10:18:18Z")
If this is really a thing, I really really hope they don’t move to Japan. The government has a system that sends alerts to your phone in the case of an earthquake. The WHOOP WHOOP earthquake! earthquake! WHOOP WHOOP at 2am in the morning at wake-the-dead loudness from your phone that is inevitably too far away to shut off right away is far more terrifying than any little shimmy-shimmy that more than likely occurred 50 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7189 "2018-10-04T10:41:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Ooh, flurry of activity yesterday in the SLIOTD thread! Let me zip through it and get caught up. > … > Oh, D’Anconia. Nevermind. Hey, he’s trying his best. Clothahump left some big clown shoes to fill. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7190 "2018-10-04T11:47:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Hey, he’s trying his best. Clothahump left some big clown shoes to fill. The world will always build a bigger-footed clown. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7191 "2018-10-04T12:57:25Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > The world will always build a bigger-footed clown. Oh, great - there’s an image that’ll be haunting my dreams tonight. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7192 "2018-10-04T13:56:33Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Did any of those people look or sound like conservatives? Are you saying any idea a liberal came up with is a “liberal idea”? I’m a liberal, and I recently came up with an idea for a new type of X-ray spectrograph. Is that a liberal idea? ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7193 "2018-10-04T14:00:30Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > If this is really a thing, I really really hope they don’t move to Japan. > The government has a system that sends alerts to your phone in the case of an earthquake. > The WHOOP WHOOP earthquake! earthquake! WHOOP WHOOP at 2am in the morning at wake-the-dead loudness from your phone that is inevitably too far away to shut off right away is far more terrifying than any little shimmy-shimmy that more than likely occurred 50 miles away. Yep. When those things all go off at once in the office it is freaking terrifying. I think something on that level could easily trigger a panic attack, but as much as I hate it, I see that the benefit of the system to public safety outweighs the unpleasant aspects of it. (But then, I don’t suffer from PTSD, so any burden to me is pretty negligible.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7194 "2018-10-04T15:15:04Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Are you saying any idea a liberal came up with is a “liberal idea”? I’m a liberal, and I recently came up with an idea for a new type of X-ray spectrograph. Is that a liberal idea? Is it a _stupid_ X-ray spectrograph? This is important. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7195 "2018-10-04T15:33:44Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Did any of those people look or sound like conservatives? I could probably find 20 Republican senators who said something more stupid than that in the past 4 hours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7196 "2018-10-04T15:37:48Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > I could probably find 20 Republican senators who said something more stupid than that in the past 4 hours. I’ve found that a lot of people equate what random morons on Twitter say to what actual members of our government say. Seems strange to me. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7197 "2018-10-04T16:06:35Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > I could probably find 20 Republican senators who said something more stupid than that in the past 4 hours. Those would be the ones yammering about Kavanaugh and “no corroboration”, yes? One can’t corroborate what one didn’t look for. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7198 "2018-10-04T17:17:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I’ve found that a lot of people equate what random morons on Twitter say to what actual members of our government say. Seems strange to me. I mentioned it before (it’s probably 30 pages back by now) but to me the biggest difference between this thread and the stupid Republican ideas thread isn’t the size of the threads (though the Republican one is over five times as long) nor the stupidity of the ideas (not able to quantify that one) but the source of those ideas. The Republican thread is filled with elected state and federal officials up to the President (himself a stupid idea that keeps on stupiding), pundits well known in the national media, talking heads with respected positions. This one? Dudes on Twitter. Small groups of college snowflakes get mentioned here a lot. People with zero power and only the fact that we have social media and a news cycle get noticed at all. Of course if there wasn’t false equivalences, they would have no equivalence at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7199 "2018-10-04T17:52:35Z")
Hey now Lawnmower Lady is very important. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7200 "2018-10-04T18:01:04Z")
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